New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-18
SEEN AND HEAED 1MoNG PUBLIC Mn.

Three public men who have become warm friends
almost n-eparab companions. wien they can
soi together. senator y. Cameron OF Pcnn-y va
Lila, seDa ore YES. of Missouri, aud Ex-Governor
> ]. Iau,cr # Montana. 1hcy were In Ncw.l Ork
together yesterday. They arc opposite types Of
my s4uo. Senator cam ron Is tall AM slender. sen
stor Vest slO.t and stout. while iiauSer has tho
rougl. ami ready appearance Of n Ia k"oOisinan but
tho pOo"ct~ OF his coarse Olh's tho 'h'cA
books uon w1cn h. could draN two or three hl lions
OF dollars by the new gnius Of bis namc. believe
they first together IN Washington through thcr
nlne-- f,r quot III le game OF poker which Is a
eIcd faN OutS with statesmen. 1hcy arr A--p'lal"d
together ~ various cDic pllscs ~ me NVitn"u'.
Governor HaIsci Il president OF ID" ilr'i national
/ IN that sccion If, has undcralcn tho construc
ton Of iai sc numler Of branch ines FOR tho North
Nc-t, Ga .crOu and nu.ber VI OLiers are interested
/ with ham.
There IS no public man IN Ncw.io ok better plc~cd
over the forced ic~tn1uon OF Land Commissioner
spaiks than GO error HaIscr. although he
Is quiet about lie was ap ointed
President Clcvcanl II compromise severn hight be-
two rival iacton- o. Dcm0o thcr,. The rulings
OF Comnis- sparks with reference to the pubic
lands were chuLc'e tied by him In ono Of his annual
mcs,a-c- DIES rDcuvo rnous 10 tho interests
o. Inc Ie,iitof. GteAt pressure brought to bear
on him from washing on 10 lnlncs hin "a change TINS
report. His lnvaranl- reply was that he had tod
further ue-iegcl h. o. etly oncrc his rc,igns
ton Ills e-tuatc SPARKS that las was a
crank AMI anati vel meaning en.ush, but terribly
mis- su.ed Ani nISln!Oiin'L
The electric lighting business throughout the United
State. f. constant developing curious and ucrcs Ing
features II f. probably making rapid and solid
progress than any other branch Of commercial bust
| ness The eXpcrUcu al stage has long since pl~scd
Tho eventual nL.,tlon Of ga and electric lighting
IS sslroady a fixed fact The systems which have real
merit and the substantial companies well known
such a. tho Brush, the American and Th"n-"n-
Houston, Tor making arc-igi apparatus, the Edison
1 nltcd States, sawyer Man and Westinghouse tom
panc- manufacturing inCandcb cnt apparatus and all
Of these are believed 10 be- making money. The
nulnoiUuS sO-allod -A- ems OF paper conipamr- are
too well known to be any longer element OF DIS
turbamco by lmparing confidence ia tho business Of
these legitimate CONCERNS.
The companies named may DC said TO be- I'm posi-
ton electric light business Of the world
for there large companies abroad. There Is no
reason why combination should not soon make their
manufacturing Interests moro Important and profit
ablo than thoso Of the textile manufacturers Of tho
Untod States. II tho really important companies
would stop he slang and abuse Of each other In which
and iho sacrifice part OF the public confidence
IN tho financial soldty Df tho electric business and
unite In the proper hpiri the combination would bc
all powerful. IL l. DcucvCd thai combination OF
ho-o enterprises Ii incvl able and tho snS5oion of
UNION IL being generally talked OF among inc
city The dcyciopncn, Of such RAPIDLY n'ca'ihg
Industry under tho usually favorable circumstances
Of tho consolidation of nv al Interests WOuu certainly
DO bOuI rapid and extensive